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The largest freshwater lake in India with extensive marshes of emergent and floating vegetation, particularly water chestnut, that provide an important source of revenue for the state government and fodder for domestic livestock. The lake supports an important fishing industry and is a valuable source of water for irrigation and domestic use.
Sur Sarovar, often referred to as Keetham Lake, is a picturesque lake off the Agra-Delhi national highway (NH-19). The Agra Bear Rescue Facility, a facility for saving Sloth bears dedicated to rehabilitating previously captured "dancing bears," is located next to it. Since 2020, the lake has been recognized as a Ramsar site that is protected.
It is one of the 89 Ramsar sites in India now. Kanwar jheel, as it is locally called, is located 22 km north-west of Begusarai Town in Manjhaul. It is a residual oxbow lake, formed due to meandering of Burhi Gandak [6] river, a tributary of Ganga, in the geological past. [7]
It was created in 1975, by building the highest earthfill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills. Named in the honour of Maharana Pratap (1540–1597), the reservoir or the lake is a well-known wildlife sanctuary and one of the 49 international wetland sites declared in India by the Ramsar Convention.
Mansar-Surinsar Lakes Wildlife sanctuary is a sanctuary in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), India. It covers 3.5 square kilometers. It was established in 2005, under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. The sanctuary protects Mansar Lake - Surinsar Lake & wetland, which gained Ramsar Convention for International importance in 2005. [1] [2]
Harike Wetland is a Ramsar site in India Map of Ramsar sites Archipel Bolama-Bijagos Ramsar site in Guinea-Bissau Walkway in Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve. A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, [1] also known as "The Convention on Wetlands", an international environmental treaty signed on 2 February 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, under ...
Panoramic view of Tsokar lake Tsokar settlement. 2010 Wildass Homestay, Tsokar Lake. 2010 Tibetan Argali Homestay, Tsokar. The Tso Kar is connected by an inlet stream at its south-west end to a small lake, Startsapuk Tso, and together they form the 9 km 2 More plains pool, which is dominated by the peaks of two mountains, Thugje (6050 m) and Gursan (6370 m).
Nanda lake is a Ramsar site located in the Indian state of Goa. It is situated in Curchorem . Covering an area of 0.42 square kilometres, [ 2 ] it is the only Ramsar wetland site in Goa.